Keynote Speaker – Timothy Knavish

Senior Vice President, Architectural Coatings and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa

Knavish joined PPG in flat glass engineering in 1987, based at the corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh. He then advanced through roles including process engineer, supervisor of technical services, manager of operations planning and scheduling, and superintendent of production in PPG’s flat glass and former automotive glass businesses before joining the architectural coatings business in 2000, as plant manager for the East Point, Georgia, manufacturing facility.

In 2002, Knavish returned to Pittsburgh as director, supply chain, for the former automotive replacement glass business, and in 2004, he became global director, manufacturing and supply chain, for the automotive refinish coatings business. He moved to Australia in 2005 as managing director, Australia and New Zealand coatings, and general manager, automotive refinish. In 2007, Knavish assumed responsibility in Troy, Michigan, as general manager, automotive coatings, Americas, and in early 2010, he was named a vice president with the same scope of responsibility. He relocated to Pittsburgh in 2012 as global vice president, protective and marine coatings, and he returned to Troy in March 2016 as senior vice president, automotive coatings. Knavish returned to Pittsburgh as senior vice president, industrial coatings, in October 2017. In January 2019, Knavish was named to his current role.

A native of Pittsburgh, Knavish earned both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.